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River Flood Warning 187, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 28, 2016Harris County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at May 28, 2016, 9:28 AM CDT for Harris County, Texas. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 28, 2016, 9:28 AM CDT (14:28 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2016, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 35 hr
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Harris County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Cypress Creek near Cypress (CCGT2).

Action stage: 119 ft
Minor stage: 122 ft
Moderate stage: 124 ft
Major stage: 125 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08068800, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at May 28, 7:05 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 7:05 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 4:28 AM CDT, 5 hours before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 7:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Matagorda	36 min
May 27, 7:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Matagorda and 1 more	2 hr
May 27, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Jackson, Matagorda	14 min
May 27, 8:02 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		58 min
May 27, 8:06 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		84 min
May 27, 8:16 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Austin, Fort Bend, Wharton	5 days
May 27, 9:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazoria, Galveston, Matagorda	60 min
May 27, 9:05 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		85 min
May 27, 9:26 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		64 min
May 27, 9:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Brazoria	40 min
May 27, 10:17 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto	3 days
May 27, 10:17 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	7 hr
May 27, 10:17 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	16 hr
May 27, 10:29 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		91 min
May 27, 10:40 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	HGX		8 hr
May 27, 11:48 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		87 min
May 28, 1:51 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	HGX	Brazos, Burleson, Washington	6 hr
May 28, 9:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Chambers, Harris, Liberty	25 hr
May 28, 9:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	25 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2016 Every river flood warning in 2016

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.